Consideration of thoughts on a subject. The practice of meditation includes active and passive states.
Alan Watts discusses the teachings and philosophy of buddhism. Many of these teachings have todo with attachment to reality and suffering. He illustrates an understanding which outlines how our “grip” on our experience is squeezing the life out of it. Our attachment and belief in this life as permanent is setting us up for a big disappointment and a lot of suffering along the way.
Read Full ArticleThe frustration which so many experience when beginning a meditation practice is often summarized in four simple words, “I can’t stop thinking”. With regular practice anyone can withdraw from the outside world to observe the mechanics of their inner psyche. This experience can be overwhelming and often is a reason to quit altogether. Overcoming this first challenge is to become familiar with the mental ‘lay of the land’; a first step in the journey of your meditation practice.
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Absolutely profound presentations and readings from Alan Watts are enlightening as they are. This video, ‘Why not now?’ offers something a little more tangible in the way of usable knowledge. Alan speaks for over an hour on the philosophy and discipline of a mediation practice. Who better to gain insight from than the Zen master himself, Alan Watts?
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Scillia Elworthy speaks on the subject of fighting with non-violence. Interestingly the talk also involves the subject of fear, individual and cultural as well as meditation as a solution to violence.
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Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. – Carl Jung Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness. – George MacDonald Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man. – Benjamin Franklin To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still. – [...]
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Baron Baptistes instructional yoga dvd’s and videos are an amazing resource for unlocking the potential of your body. He has released videos for the practice of yoga at virtually any proficiency level, from absolute beginner to a tantric master. This video is specialized for those who wish to incorporate yogic asanas with their meditational practice. [...]
Read Full ArticleAlan Watts discusses no-thing-ness. What is all of this if not nothing? If everything we know in all of our life will eventually not exist, then every things natural state is in non-existence. This is the secret to our self, the worries, fears and hiccups we have through life. They should be considered as nothing, [...]
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Through our consciousness there is an intuitive sense of ‘I am’, or I exist. This basic intuition can provide the basis for a meditational practice. In this video, Moojji explains how to concentrate on that basic feeling in order to deepen the meditational experience and explore our mind-scape.
Read Full ArticleThe journey towards the experience of nothingness begins with mindfulness and ends with neither perception nor non-perceiving, but rather, one just is.
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Mooladhara color – deep red force – masculine meaning – root trigger – perineum (men), back of cervix (women) element – earth sense – smell sound – lam energy – primal / sexual (shakti) will – to have (life) visualized – 4 petal lotus sanskrit letters – vam, sham, sham, sam & lam god [...]
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